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- Ланцюг знань ("The Chain of Knowledge")
- This photo was taken in the main squareof a town in Ukraine on May 15th, 2012. The Chain of Knowledge was the culmination of an HIV Awareness project I did with the pupils of my school. Participants of the project went into the main square of our...
- Volunteer Photos
- Catamarca, Argentina
- Environment
- Volunteer Stories
- International Women’s Day, Uganda
- Volunteer Stories
- A very Peace Corps Romance
- Education
- Volunteer Stories
- Women in the Peace Corps
- Women's movement
- Speech prepared for delivery before the annual luncheon, YWCA Board of Directors, October 18, 1961, Waldorf, Astoria, New York City. Women in the Peace Corps by Sargent Shriver.
- Speeches, Essays and Letters
- "I've Never"
- April 2011, GuiYang, GuiZhou, China Peace Corps Response Volunteer Laura Ballard plays "I've Never" with her freshman English class.
- Volunteer Photos
- Action Update (October 15, 1980)
- Newsletters--1980s
- Full text of the Action Update (October 15, 1980).
- Newsletters
- Action Update (February 5, 1981)
- Newsletters--1980s
- Full text of the Action Update (February 5, 1981).
- Newsletters
- Action Update (March 1982)
- Newsletters--1980s
- Full text of the Action Update (March 1982).
- Newsletters
- Action Update (April 1982)
- Newsletters--1980s
- Full text of the Action Update (April 1982).
- Newsletters
- Bebia (Grandmother)
- Host Family
- My host grandmother couldn't walk very easily, but she loved to sit in the shade outside our house. She always had a big smile for me.
- Volunteer Photos
- Breaking Bread
- A traditional part of a Macedonian wedding ceremony involves breaking a "bread of health" over the bride's head. They hold a cloth in between the bride's head and the bread so that no bread ends up in her hair! My girlfriends, both Macedonian and...
- Volunteer Photos
- Camel Caravan to Chinguetti
- This photo was taken during a camel caravan that I was on, along with a group of teachers working in Nouadhibou, Mauritania. The trip was by train, taxi and truck, and finally by camel from Nouadhibou to Chinguetti and back.
- Volunteer Photos
- Community Map
- Community and municipal development Volunteer Sean stands together with his counterparts at the unveiling of their new commune map. Sean and his counterparts worked togehter to fund and paint this map that is displayed at the mayor's office....
- Volunteer Photos
- Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification, Fiscal Year 2004
- Budget; Congress
- Full text of the Peace Corps Congressional Budget Justification for fiscal year 2004.
- Congressional and Legislative Materials
- dancing the Oro
- Dancing is a big part of Macedonian weddings. Everyone knows the traditional dances and dances them all night long. Even as an American, I was expected to not only know these dances, but expected to lead them as I was the bride!
- Volunteer Photos
- Dancing the Oro with My Host Dad
- Host Family
- My host mom took this photo on September 18, 2009 on the final day of orientation week in Macedonia. We had just met our host parents for the first time, and in an effort to "break the ice" volunteers and their host families danced the oro.
- Volunteer Photos
- Earth Day Clean Up
- this is a photo taken on April 25, 2010 in Macedonia. There are students from the local high school that volunteered their time on a weekend to help pick up trash in a local park in honor of Earth day.
- Volunteer Photos
- First Pumpkin
- Host kids Hadiza, Kader, Balki, and Rakia help Volunteer Laura Ballard carve a pumkin to celebrate Halloween. Zinder, Niger. October 29th, 2009.
- Volunteer Photos
- Getting Off On the Right Foot
- In this picture I am dancing the Macedonian traditional dance, the Oro, for the first time with my host father. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing, but thankfully he was able to tell me the dance steps. Too bad I didnt understand enough...
- Volunteer Photos